Every girl matters and every girl has the right to stay in school

For many girls in Africa, education isn’t just important for a brighter future, it’s critical to their survival. Yet, girls often drop out of school simply because they can’t afford feminine hygiene products.

A lack of education leads to vulnerability. Vulnerability leads to unwanted pregnancy, human trafficking, sexual abuse, domestic violence, HIV, early marriage and a life of no choices.

Watoto’s “Keep a Girl in School” Programme

Providing sanitary products

We are working alongside local schools in northern Uganda and South Sudan to reduce the dropout rate by providing sanitary products, teaching girls their value in Christ and igniting their passion for education. Since we began our efforts we have been able to reduce the dropout rate from over 70% to less than 10% in our partner schools, and we are continuing to work hard to help ensure every girl has the chance to stay in school.

Providing Godly sexual education

To support these efforts, we work with the schools to teach good health practices, along with Godly sexual education to girls and boys—teaching young boys to respect and protect their female classmates, and reminding girls that they matter and their bodies are their own.

As of spring 2025, we helped 53,039 girls get hygiene products and education. Our goal is to enable girls to grow up healthily, become capable women, and lead the community to improve lives.

This is the story of Joyce – a girl from South Sudan. In December 2013, a bloody conflict broke out, killing over 300,000 people, and displacing millions. It’s possible that Joyce’s father may be one of those who was lost in the fighting. Today, as a fragile peace takes hold, there are serious difficulties for South Sudan’s people.

In South Sudan, over 2 million children do not attend school.

“Periods were a major reason I would miss school,” says Joyce. “I would use cloths to clean myself when my periods would appear. I felt so uncomfortable and out of place, but what I feared most was the boys noticing. Thank you, because you came to our school and taught us about self-esteem. Now, we are not ashamed of our periods and we thank God for creating us as girls.”

No girl should have her future decided simply because she can’t afford feminine hygiene products. By providing sanitary products and teaching girls their worth, we’re giving hope and a bright future to girls like Joyce.

Together, we can change this.

With only HK$180, you can support 2 girls with sanitary products for a month. Many a little makes a mickle. Let more girls like Joyce be able to stay in school and live a life of purpose.